International Cartographic Association
The International Cartographic Association (ICA ) (English International Cartographic Association (ICA ), French Association cartographique International ( ACI) ) is the global governing body of cartographic societies and other institutions. Your goal is to coordinate the development of cartography world.
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Chairman
The first president of the association was Eduard Imhof. Currently, Georg Gartner is the chairman of the ICA.
ICA Award
By ICA Awards Committee two awards will be given:
- Carl Mannerfelt gold medal is an honor for cartographers who have made significant contributions to the field of cartography and is awarded only in rare cases.
- The ICA Honorary Fellowship is an award for special services to the ICA.
Commissions and Working Groups
To coordinate the work of the world, there are committees and working groups that work a specific topic under the guidance of professionals. Commissions and working groups are appointed for four years.
Commissions (2011-2015)
- Commission on Art and Cartography ( Art and Cartography )
- Commission on Atlases ( Atlas )
- Commission on Cartography and Children ( Cartography and Children)
- Commission on Early Warning and Crisis Management ( Early Warning and Disaster Management)
- Commission on Cognitive Visualization ( Cognitive Visualization)
- Commission on Data Quality ( Data Quality )
- Commission on Digital Technologies in Cartographic Heritage ( Digital technologies for the cartographic heritage )
- Commission on Education and Training ( education and training )
- Commission on Generalisation and Multiple Representation ( generalization)
- Commission on Geographic Information Infrastructures and Standards ( geo and standards )
- Commission on Geospatial Analysis and Modeling ( Spatial analysis and modeling )
- Commission on geovisualization ( geovisualization )
- Commission on GI for Sustainability ( Geoinformation for Sustainability )
- Commission on the History of Cartography ( History of Cartography )
- Commission on Map Design ( card design )
- Commission on Map Production and Geo -Business ( map production )
- Commission on Map Projections ( map projections )
- Commission on Mapping from remote sensing imagery ( maps from remote sensing data )
- Commission on Maps and Graphics for Blind and Partially Sighted People ( maps and graphics for the blind and visually impaired)
- Commission on Maps and Society (maps and Society)
- Commission on Maps and the Internet ( Internet Cartography )
- Commission on Mountain Cartography ( high mountain cartography )
- Commission on Neocartography ( Neokartographie )
- Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies
- Commission on Planetary Cartography ( Planetary Cartography )
- Commission on Theoretical Cartography ( Theoretical Cartography )
- Commission on Ubiquitous Mapping ( Ubiquitous Cartography )
- Commission on Use and User Issues ( card usage and needs of users)
Working groups
- Joint ICA Working Group and IGU Commission on Toponymy
- Working Group on International Map Year
- Working Group on Technology Outreach
ICC conference
The International Cartographic Conference is held every two years in one of the countries which are members of the Association. In 1961, this conference was organized by a governing body in Paris for the first time.